Mark Butler

• Ecology Action Centre’s longtime policy director leaving company

  Mark Butler will finish his role in October.

  Environment

  Mar 28, 2019
  
• Halifax’s Tufts Cove ‘one of the dirtiest urban beaches I’ve encountered’ 

  A Halifax-based environmental organization says corporations need to take responsibility for their contributions to waste polluting Canada's shorelines, green spaces, and communities.

  Environment

  Sep 15, 2018
  
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• Questions persist after oil spill at Nova Scotia Power generating station

  An environmental activist says a Halifax harbour oil spill might be a good opportunity for Nova Scotia Power to reconsider its use of crude oil.

  Environment

  Aug 6, 2018
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• Atlantic Canada’s biggest city to look at banning plastic shopping bags

  Halifax council has asked city staff to examine a plastic bag ban, a move that would follow the lead of Montreal, where single-use plastic bags were banned at the start of the year, and Victoria, where a ban takes effect July 1.

  Canada

  Jan 16, 2018
• Petition, bill against Lafarge tire burning presented to N.S. government

  "I really believe that it's time that we say no to burning tires in Nova Scotia once and for all."

  Canada

  Oct 3, 2017